Automotive Product Security Lead

• Define, mature, and operate the product security framework for Wayve's automotive software activities spanning the internal R&D fleet, robotaxi programme, and automotive software supplied to OEM customers. • Determine what good looks like for automotive product security at Wayve, applying industry best practice with pragmatism and adapting it to the technology, risk profile, product maturity, and stage of growth. • Take on a senior individual contributor role with broad cross-functional influence, sitting within Security but working in close partnership with product, engineering, safety, and customer-facing teams.

• Have proven experience in a senior product security, automotive cybersecurity, embedded systems security, or security assurance role, with accountability for influencing security outcomes across complex technical programmes. • Have strong knowledge of automotive cybersecurity expectations, particularly ISO 21434 and UNECE R155. • Have experience defining, applying, or assessing cybersecurity lifecycle activities and work products, including TARA, cybersecurity goals, cybersecurity requirements, verification and validation evidence, and residual risk treatment. • Demonstrate strong technical judgement across software security, embedded or vehicle systems, secure architecture, threat modelling, security testing, and risk assessment. • Have experience reviewing or contributing to cybersecurity cases, assurance cases, technical evidence packs, or comparable structured security arguments. • Show excellent judgement and independence, with confidence challenging issues while maintaining constructive working relationships. • Have experience partnering with product, engineering, delivery, safety, legal, security, supplier, or customer-facing teams to deliver proportionate and effective security outcomes. • Have strong written and verbal communication skills, able to translate standards, risks, and assurance expectations into clear, practical guidance. • Be comfortable operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where the right level of process needs to be designed, not simply inherited.

• Have experience establishing or scaling a product security or automotive cybersecurity capability in a growing or fast-moving organisation. • Have experience with OEM customer assurance, external audits, cybersecurity certification, type approval, or independent assessment activity. • Be familiar with ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 21448/SOTIF, or safety-security interface management. • Have experience with autonomous vehicles, ADAS, robotics, safety-critical software, automotive software platforms, vehicle networks, OTA update systems, or fleet operations. • Have experience managing product-security-relevant supplier assurance or third-party cybersecurity risk in an automotive context. • Hold relevant certifications or training such as ISO 21434, CISSP, CSSLP, GICSP, or automotive cybersecurity training.

• Define and maintain Wayve's automotive product security framework, aligned to ISO 21434, ASPICE for Cybersecurity, and customer assurance expectations. • Establish practical processes, templates, guidance, and minimum control expectations for automotive cybersecurity activities across R&D fleet, robotaxi, and customer software programmes. • Act as the product security lead across automotive software activities, helping teams understand what security activities are required, when, and what good evidence looks like. • Define the minimum expectations, structure, and quality bar for automotive cybersecurity cases and provide independent review of work products and residual risk statements. • Establish mechanisms for product cybersecurity risk visibility, challenge, escalation, and decision-making across automotive programmes. • Translate automotive cybersecurity regulatory, standards, and customer expectations into practical internal requirements and assurance activities. • Support preparation for external audits, customer assessments, and OEM reviews where product cybersecurity evidence is required. • Advise and upskill product and engineering teams on automotive cybersecurity practices and build reusable guidance and playbooks. • Develop meaningful metrics that demonstrate automotive product security maturity, assurance readiness, evidence quality, and risk treatment progress.

Wayve is one of the most exciting AI companies in the UK right now. They are tackling one of the hardest problems in technology, teaching machines to drive, and they are doing it with an approach that the rest of the industry is now converging towards. Backed by SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Stellantis, Wayve has raised $2.8 billion in total funding and reached a valuation of $8.6 billion. With over 1,000 employees across London, Silicon Valley, Vancouver, Leonberg, Herzliya, and Tokyo, Wayve is scaling fast while keeping its London HQ at the centre. What stands out on Glassdoor (4.4/5 from 112+ reviews) is how consistently employees praise the culture, the calibre of colleagues, and the quality of the technical work. People describe it as some of the most interesting work of their careers. Wayve also offers an on-site chef, private healthcare, competitive pay with equity, and a genuine learning environment where you work alongside world-class ML researchers and engineers. That said, some reviews flag that the pace can be intense and that working across global time zones can stretch working hours. If you are an engineer, researcher, or operator who wants to work on genuinely frontier technology with real-world impact, and you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments, Wayve is a rare opportunity.

• Work in a hybrid model from Wayve's London office with core working hours so you can determine the schedule that works best for you and your team. • Join a well-funded company backed by leading investors, founded in 2017 and pushing the boundaries of embodied AI. • Work in an inclusive environment that values diversity and embraces new perspectives.

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Its advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Wayve's intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.